Bianji

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Bianji (traditional Chinese: 辯機; simplified Chinese: 辨机; pinyin: Biàn Jī; Wade-Giles: Pien Chi, fl. 7th century) was a Chinese Buddhist monk, translator and the author of Great Tang Records on the Western Regions lived during the Tang Dynasty. Little is known about his life, he was a translator of several Buddhist scriptures and sutras before he was executed by Emperor Taizong, who was angry about his affair with Emperor Taizong's daughter Princess Gaoyang.

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  • Zhang Xiuping et al (1993). 100 Books That Influenced China: Da Tang Xiyu Ji. Nanning: Guangxi Renmin Press. ISBN 7-219-02339-1. p. 392-398.
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